Expert Witness Journal Issue 66 April 2026 - Flipbook - Page 5
Contents
Some of the highlights of this issue
The Expert Witness North West Conference for Personal Injury experts:
A 30th Anniversary Success
page
5
Is contributory negligence really low hanging fruit? Why blaming patients is easy
– and often lazy by Professor Piers Page
page
8
What impact will the Maternal Care Bundle have on future claims? By Barbara Richardson
at Clyde & Co
page 13
Judgement, Evidence and Hindsight: An expert’s approach to assessing auditor negligence
by Divya Devadoss, Associate Director at Crowe
page 20
An update on medical tourism claims: Ashamu v Get Slim in Turkey by Dominique Smith
at Deka Chambers
page 27
Fraud or Force: Using objective crash data in personal injury claims by Craig Arnold
at Hawkins
page 31
Part 36 costs consequences and liability-only o昀昀ers: a key development by Josephine Lennon
at 1 Crown O昀케ce Row
page 38
Tender Delays in Clinical Negligence Claims: Court of Sessions Sets a Firm Line by Rachel
Robertson & Jenny Dickson at Morton Fraser MacRoberts
page 41
Lithium battery 昀椀res – the next insurance wild昀椀re by Shiza Mukhtar at DAC Beachcroft
page 48
Fibromyalgia in the courtroom - a fresh approach by Charles Heppenstall, Weightmans
page 51
The Architecture of Employability: How Vocational Experts Guide Courts And Tribunals
Through Complexity by Maria Morris, Circle Case Management
page 59
Statistical Evidence in Recruitment Discrimination Cases by Peter Crowley,
Windsor Actuarial Consultants Ltd
page 67
Hope Capital Ltd v Alexander Reece Thompson LLP by Expert Evidence
page 71
AI & liability – does English law need to change? By Nick Payne & Nina O’Sullivant
at Mishcon de Reya
page 76
Adjudication: Does the contract exist...and does it matter? By Claire Kilpatrick,
Stevens & Bolton
page 84
A cautionary tale on evidence by Andrew Fremlin-Keyand Millie Dickson at Withers LLP
page 91
The Examination of Damage to Textiles in Forensic Investigations by Forensic Access
page 96
Professor J. Peter A. Lodge MD FRCS FEBS
Recognised internationally as an expert in surgery for disorders relating
to the gallbladder, liver and bile ducts as well as weight loss (bariatric) surgery
Surgical training primarily under the guidance of Professor Geoffrey R Giles, and the
New England Deaconess Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA, under the
guidance of Professor Anthony P Monaco.
Please look at my website www.peterlodge.com for more information
but inquire by email: jpalodge@gmail.com
Telephone: PA +44 (0) 113 2185944
Address: Spire Leeds Hospital, Jackson Avenue, Leeds LS8 1NT
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